[Bug 13871] <video> behavior when setting currentTime to current playback position

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13871

--- Comment #13 from Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com> 2011-08-26 12:42:56 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #11)
> (In reply to comment #10)
> > (In reply to comment #8)
> > > better code have been written as:
> > > 
> > > c.onclick = function() {
> > >   if ( v.readyState > HTMLMediaElement.HAVE_NOTHING ) {
> > >     var newTime = /* calculate new pos based on click position and duration */;
> > >     v.currentTime = newTime;
> > >     s.display = 'block';
> > >   }
> > > };
> > > 
> > > one might conclude your example was broken in the first place
> > 
> > It would still break in exactly the same way after this change.
> 
> since I proposed that no exception be raised only when:
> 
> readyState == HAVE_NOTHING && newTime == currentTime
> 
> then it would not "break" the above code, which does not rely upon the
> exception when readyState == HAVE_NOTHING

It will break when readyState == HAVE_NOTHING && newTime == currentTime, which
will happen, but rarely enough that most people won't discover it during
testing.

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Received on Friday, 26 August 2011 12:43:04 UTC